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Year 24.

Honey I'm hoooooooommmeeeee (that's me, yelling to all of my loyal followers, because I haven't written on this blog since first semester).
Long story short here is my reason:
I'm not one for writing about negative things. I usually like to put a positive/goofy twist on it (who wants to reading whining, am I right?). Anyways, this past year turned negative pretty quickly.
-crazy, mean, curse-word loving roommate
-two of my nearest and dearest quit working at the school and left Mississippi
-moving to a new house in a new town
-taking more criticism than I could have ever imagined
-learning that I do, in fact, have a breaking point and my patience with children is, surprisingly, not infinite
-full on panic attacks every time  I had to return to Mississippi. YEP. worst thing EVER

So I stopped writing. Nobody needs to hear about that biznasss. Y'all are reading to hear funny stories about my cute and ridiculous little students!

But first, a little update.
-moved to a new house, turns out I LOVE MY NEW ROOMMATES SO STINKIN MUCH (shoutout to Ashley, Amy, Christina, Alicia, and the dogs (Freddy, Micah, and Bentley). Yep. Five girls, three dogs.
-turns out having nice people and a pup or two to come home to really does make the day a lot easier.
-Mary Margaret (my beautiful teacher role model at Sanders) became one of my BEST friends and introduced me to the ways of life in the deep and dirty south. I went ridin', threw beer bottles at road signs (against all of my morals but HEY WHEN IN ROME), rode through a cemetary on a golf cart in the pitch dark, rode on the back of a dirt bike, shot a gun (at a can, don't worry guyz), babysat at a hunting lodge, went to the town bar (whoops), drank around a campfire in a field, and made some AMAZING friends.
-decided to in fact stay for a second year (maybe even a third....THE WORLD *mississippi* IS MY OYSTER)

So here's my goal for 23 (or as my dad would say, the beginning of my 24th year of life).
WRITE IN THIS BLOG. (weekly maybe?)
also:
-make it funny
-be real
-be honest
-write down the moments that need to be shared
-SHARE THE STRUGGLE
-overcome

Peace out homies. Stay tuned.
Bentley says hi.





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